Enjoy Upgrade

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today is Mix-It-UP! Monday, and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ..... But I added a couple additional products found in the 2021-2022 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here is my Spot Light Sunday card from yesterday on the TOP....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card for today on the BOTTOM....

The first upgrade I made for my card today was changing the orientation from a portrait style card to a landscape style card.

I also changed my base card from a White base to an Evening Evergreen base card.  Next, I added a 2" x 4" panel of the 'Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper' to the far right hand side of my Evening Evergreen base card.  

I trimmed up three little banner flags from the 'Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper' and adhered those to the middle of the 'Pansy Petals DSP' that I adhered down earlier.

My 'Hand-Penned Memories & More Card' was trimmed down to 3" x 3-1/2".  Before I matted that to a panel of White card stock ...... I wrapped some 'Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon' around the bottom of that card and tied it up into a pretty knot.

The finishing touch was adding three '2021-2023 In-Color Jewels' to the end of each banner flag ...... And this upgraded card was called DONE!!!

So what do you think my friends.......

Are you excited to purchase those Hand-Penned Memories & More Cards' and make some SUPER PRETTY cards???  You won't be disappointed.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Enjoy

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2021-2022 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog.  This card uses several products from that new catalog ........ And I'm thrilled with the way it turned out.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today..........

There is a little hidden gem in the new 2021-2022 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog that is WAY OVER LOOKED.  It's a little product that makes GORGEOUS cards and requires VERY LITTLE other product to pull together.  That little gem is on page 127 and it's the 'Hand-Penned Memories & More Card Pack'.  This product is only $10 and you can not believe how many cards you receive in this pack.

I began with a White base card and added a 4" x 5-1/4" panel of the new 'Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper' to the front.  Next, I added a 1-1/4" x 5-1/4" panel of the new 'Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper' right down the center of my Hand-Penned DSP.

All that was left to do was trim down one of the 'Hand-Penned Memories & More Cards' to a 3"x3" size.  Then, I layered a panel of White and Evening Everygreen card stock behind my Memories & More Card and added some Stampin' Dimensionals to the back and position that completed panel to the center of my card.

The final touch was adding three '2021-2023 In-Color Jewels' to the bottom corner of my Memories & More Card and htis card was called DONE!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share an upgraded version of this very card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Rainbow Card

 Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Paper Pumpkin Saturday ........... And I would like to share with you the project I created using the April 'So Cool' Paper Pumpkin kit.   Here's that project.......

Creating this alternate card project with my April Paper Pumpkin kit just couldn't have been any easier.

I started out with a White note card and stamped my sentiment with Bumblebee ink.  I quickly sprinkled it with 'Clear Embossing Powder' before heat setting it......And INSTANT WOW FACTOR was created.

I used one of the rainbow cards that came with this kit and grabbed my 'Paper Snips' to trim that little cutie out.  

I adhered that rainbow cut-out to the top of my note card and finished it off by wrapping some of the Baker's Twine that came with this kit around the top.

The fiishing touch was tieing that Baker's Twine up into a pretty bow ..... And this card was called done in a HOT New York minute.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spot Light Sunday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Friends Friday Pics

                  Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Friends Friday.  On Friday's, I have the honor of spot-lighting some of the fabulous cards and projects that I received from Friends ....... Fellow Demonstrators ........ and Family.  Each of these creations are works of art........and it is with great pleasure that I share with you today some AMAZING projects that ONE VERY SPECIAL FRIEND made for me.

The one SPECIAL friend I'm spot-lighting today is my sweet and dear friend Donna Fritz.  I met Donna in an odd kind of way (that is a story for another time) .......... And she introduced me to the Scissor and the City Retreat group.  We have become fast friends and I must say that she is ONE TALENTED and HILARIOUS LADY.

Donna is SO AMAZING ........ She sends cards out to her friends for EVERY SINGLE HOLIDAY.  The VERY BEST part of her cards (besides the fact that they are PERFECTLY created) ....... Is she ALWAYS has the VERY BEST message on the inside.

This little message just cracked me up the very moment I saw it.

And while at the April Scissors Retreat ....... Donna was selling some of her cards......

SO ...... I just had to buy this one for my Jack!!!

And this little cutie had me laughing OUT LOUD for so long that I wasn't sure I was going to recover.

Need I say more?????

Thank You Donna for ALWAYS bringing a smile to both Jack's and my faces.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a special Paper Pumpkin Saturday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Puffin Birthday

 Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

From the minute I saw the new 'Party Puffins' set........

I had this tag in mind.

This little tag is made up of two tags.  They are both 2-1/2" x 4" ..... And I used both White and Soft Succulent card stock to create this one tag.

All I did to the Soft Succulent tag was add stitching lines around the outer edge of that tag.  But for the White tag I got busy and added a 2-1/2" x 3/4" panel of 'Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper' to the bottom.

Next........I stamped my CUTE little Puffin to the front and colored him in using my Stampin' Blends.

My sentiment is also from that same 'Party Puffins' set and that was stamped next to my cutie little puffins fellow.

I did use my Stampin' Blends to color in several of the 'Opal Rounds' and sprinkled those around the front of my tag.

And the finishing touch was adding some Gold 'Simply Elegant Trim' to the top of my tag and tieing it up into a pretty little bow.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share some Friends Friday creations with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

3-Pansy Happiness

 Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

I'm just IN LOVE with the new Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper.  Typically ....... I am drawn to at least one side of our DSP......but this pack I find myself wondering which side I like more.  (So the answer to that burning questions......BUY TWO PACKS and that way you always have plenty of DSP to make the right choice.)

I started out with a Soft Succulent base card.  From there I added a panel of Evening Evergreen card stock and then got busy adding my 'Pansy Petal DSP'.  

I first cut a panel of White card stock that measured 5" x 3-1/2".  Next, I cut one DSP at 1-3/4" x 3-1/2".  Then I cut Qty 2-DSP panels at 1-5/8" x 3-1/2".  (All three DSP panels are from the 'Pansy Petal DSP'.)  Then I got busy and added my two 1-5/8" x 3-1/2" DSP panel to the left and right side of the White card stock panel.  And finished that White panel off by adhering the 1-3/4" x 3-1/2" panel down between the 2-DSP panel that were adhered to the White panel.  When all three DSP panels were adhered to the top of that White panel........I adhered that completed panel down to the top of my Evening Evergreen panel.

I then stamped my sentiment from the 'Pansy Patch' stamp set right onto the lightest color of the gingham designer series paper.

Then I got busy and used the same designer series paper to crop out some of the pretty flowers offered in this paper pack.  The coordinating 'Pansy Dies' allowed me to crop out three of the flowers in this DSP and adhere those to the front of my card.

The finishing touch was adding some 'Pastel Pearls' that were colored in with my 'Stampin' Blends' and this card was called DONE!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow with a Tag Thursday creation to share with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Desk Organizer

 Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is 'CASE IT TUESDAY'.  And what a CASE I have in store for you today.  I found this little cutie on the internet and created a CASE of that project to share with my Scissors and the City Retreat friends back in April.  This project was SUPER FUN to create and I want to jump right in and share that project with you now.

How FABULOUS is this Desk Caddy that Crafty Karen designed.  OH MY GOSH.....It is PERFECT!!!

You can head over to her blog post: craftykarendesigns: Peaceful Poppies Desk Caddy and check out all the details on how to create this little cutie.  It comes together in a JIFFY.  (I made 8 of them for my Scissors Friends and one for myself.)

I included a picture of what is held inside the caddy for my friends.  I didn't have time to pack their caddy's full.......But I did include a TomBow Adhesive and Stampin' Dimensionals in each one.

I used some retired DSP (on mine).........Mainly because I wanted my caddy to coordinate with my pink stampin' studio.

The caddy fits Stampin' Dimensionals, Tear n' Tape, TomBow Adhesive and two Stampin' Seal Dispensers.

Here is what the caddy looks like empty.....

And you can tell that you create three individual sections and then adhere them all together.

Here's how the Stampin' Dimensionals and Tear n' Tape get  snugged in......

And the TomBow Glue is stored upside down ....... So your glue is always ready to be dispensed.  BRILLIANT!!!!!

And the two Stampin' Seal dispensers fit PERFECTLY into the last section.

So there you have it friends.  The PERFECT little table gift for each of my Scissors and the City Retreat friends ........ And I might add......THEY LOVED their little gift.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Wine Down Wednesday card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

3-Time Thank You Upgrade

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today is Mix-It-UP! Monday, and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ..... But I added a couple additional products found in the 2021-2022 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here's my Spot Light Sunday card from yesterday on the TOP....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card for today on the BOTTOM....

The first upgrade I made to my card for today was change up the right hand edge of my card.

To do that ..... I used the 'Scallop Contours Dies' to crop out a scalloped edge on the right hand edge of my card front.  I then decorated each scalloped center with a 1/2" Gorgeous Grape circle.

The next upgrade I made to my card for today was adding a 3-1/4" x 5-1/2" Gorgeous Grape card stock panel to the center of my base card ...... And then I added a 3" x 5-1/4" White card stock panel to the center of that Gorgeous Grape panel.

Next.....I got busy and cropped out three 'Tailor Made Tags' dies and used the 'Flowers of Friendship' set to stamp my sentiment onto those tags.  

I stamped those sentiments with VersaMark ink and then sprinkled them with White Embossing Powder before heat setting them.

I repeated the 'Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon' onto the left hand side of each tag......

And also added several 'Pastel Pearls' around the front of my card ....... Before calling this upgraded card DONE!!!

So what do you think my friends?????

Do you have a favorite????

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!